This first Puzzle Piece is located near the start. Move to the right until you pass under a couple platforms. Pound on a piling to drive it into the ground and force another piling to rise out of the sand to the left. Use this piling to jump to the first platform and then on to the second. From there, jump off to the left to get the Puzzle Piece.
The first K-O-N-G KONG letter is located up on a platform by some spiky shells. Pick up Diddy Kong from a DK Barrel and then jump over two patches of the spiky shells and onto a narrow, raised stone. From there, jump up and to the left to collect the K KONG letter. Jump over to the right and collect a couple coins for your efforts. When you jump down, pound the ground in front of the treasure chest to get a balloon.
Pound the next piling. As it goes down, another comes up along with a barrel. Jump into the barrel to shoot yourself over to a shipwreck where a bonus area is located. Jump down from the top platform and defeat both of the Pinchlys to cause a Puzzle Piece to appear. Then pound the pilings to get two hearts. To return to the main level, jump up to the barrel at the top.
Pound a piling near a heart and a treasure chest will pop up from the sand. Pound the ground by the chest and a Puzzle Piece will fly out. Get it for your collection.
Pound a DK platform here, and a whale will breach the water and blow lots of bananas out onto the pier to the right. Quickly pick up as many as you can before they disappear.
To get the O KONG letter, you must pass under it and jump onto a platform suspended by rope. As you land on the platform, a Pinchly also drops onto it; this lowers your platform and raises the one on the right. Get rid of the Pinchly, then jump over to the right platform. As it lowers, jump back to the left as it goes higher, and quickly jump off to the left to get the O KONG letter.
After passing by the checkpoint, pound the ground by a treasure chest to find another Puzzle Piece. Only one more to go!
Just after you get the fourth Puzzle Piece, pound the ground by the cannon just to the right. It will fire and lower the hull of a wrecked ship. Jump onto the platform with the DK Barrel, and then jump left into the shipwreck to enter a bonus area. In this area, you shoot back and forth from two barrels to collect lots of bananas and a couple coins. Don’t hit the barrel in the middle or you will exit the area. Clear all the items before the timer runs out and you will be rewarded with a Puzzle Piece.
Exit the bonus area and start jumping across floating pieces of shipwreck. Get under the N KONG letter and wait for the shipwreck to rise. At the top of its movement, jump up and get the block.
The last KONG letter is located in an area where you must jump from suspended platforms while trying to avoid being eaten by jumping Nibbles. When you get here, wait until the platform to the G KONG letter’s left is high and the G KONG letter is low. Then jump across to the right to land on the platform as it rises; collect the block. It is just a bit farther to the Slot-Machine Barrel where you can complete the level.